ingrown
/ˈɪnˌɡroʊn/
adjective
- Growing or having grown into the surrounding flesh, especially of a hair or toenail.
- An ingrown whisker can sometimes lead to a painful infection.
- The doctor treated his ingrown toenail by carefully lifting the nail edge.
- She had an ingrown hair on her leg that was causing a small bump.
- Having a tendency to focus inward; introverted or self-absorbed.
- The small town had an ingrown culture that resisted outside ideas.
- She described her family as ingrown, rarely socializing with neighbors.
- His ingrown personality made it hard for him to make friends at the new school.
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